Memorial Hall Library

Memorial Hall Library
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Andover, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°39′24″N 71°8′29″W / 42.65667°N 71.14139°W / 42.65667; -71.14139
Built	1871–73; 1926–27; 1985–88
Built by	Abbott & Jenkins (1871–73); Eastern Contractors (1985–88)
Architect	J. F. Eaton (1871–73); Coolidge & Carlson (1926–27); Shepley, Bulfinch, Richardson & Abbott (1985–88)
Architectural style	Colonial Revival, Classical Revival, Italianate
MPS	Town of Andover MRA
NRHP reference No.	82004805 [1]
Added to NRHP	June 10, 1982

Memorial Hall Library is the public library of Andover, Massachusetts. The building was built with Italianate styling in 1873 to a design by J. F. Eaton, a longtime associate of the Boston architect Gridley J. F. Bryant.^[2] Funding was provided by a number of leading local businessmen, and construction was by the firm of Abbott & Jenkins. It was designed to house the town library, which it still does, and to act as a memorial to the town's Civil War soldiers. It was renovated in the 1920s under the direction of architects Coolidge & Carlson, at which time it acquired its Colonial Revival details.^[3] Small additions were completed in 1961 and 1968. In 1988 a large addition, which doubled the size of the building, was completed. This was designed by Shepley, Bulfinch, Richardson & Abbott.^[4]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.^[1]

1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
2. ^ Reed, Roger G. (2007). Building Victorian Boston The Architecture of Gridley J. F. Bryant. Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press. pp. 167–169. ISBN 978-1-55849-555-5.
3. ^ "MACRIS inventory record for Memorial Hall Library". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2013-12-26.
4. ^ Chronology of Significant Events and Innovations in the History of Memorial Hall Library, Memorial Hall Library. Accessed September 6, 2022.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Andover, Massachusetts
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, Massachusetts

External links

Media related to Memorial Hall Library, Andover at Wikimedia Commons

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